SC gives notice to Centre, OTT platforms on plea seeking ban of obscene content: ‘Not our domain, do something…’

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and other relevant parties in response to a petition seeking a directive to take appropriate measures to ban the streaming of sexually explicit content on OTT and social media platforms, PTI reported.

As reported by ANI, the Supreme Court issued a notice to the Centre, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Ullu, ALTT, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and others on a PIL seeking direction to the Centre to take appropriate steps to prohibit the streaming of obscene content on OTT and social media platforms.